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for the storage of clothing not worn during working hours.
Where employees have, during working hours, opportunities for
sitting without detriment to their work, a sufficient number
of conveniently accessible seats must be provided. Seats
provided for sedentary workers must be of suitable design
and construction and, unless the feet may be rested comfortably
without their use, foot rests must also be provided.
Suitable facilities must be provided for employees in
shops to eat meals on the premises. All floors, passage
stairs and steps must be soundly constructed, properly maintained
and, as far as is reasonably practicable, kept free from obstruction
and slippery substances. Substantial hand rails or hand holds
must be provided on every staircase.
All dangerous parts of machinery must be securely fenced,
unless they are so placed or constructed as to be as safe as if
they were fenced.
No person under 18 years of age may clean any machinery if
this exposes him to risk of injury from a working part from that
or any other adjacent machinery.
No person may work at any machine specified by the Minister
of Labour as dangerous unless he has been fully instructed as to
the dangers and precautions to be observed, and no person may be
required in the course of his work to lift, carry or move a load
so heavy as to be likely to cause him injury.
A first-aid box or cupboard, containing only first-aid
requisites, must be provided for the use of employees in all
premises. Regulations have been made linking specific contents
of first-aid boxes to the number of persons employed.
Where there are more than 150 persons employed in premises
at one time, one of the persons in charge of the first-aid box
or cupboard must be trained in first-aid to a required standard.
Fire Precautions.
Such means of escape as are reasonably necessary must be
provided in all premises, and regard must be paid in considering
means of escape in the event of fire not only to the numbers of
persons usually employed in the premises, but also to the number
of other people that may reasonably be expected to be on the
premises at any one time. During the hours when the building
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